Denton News Outlines Local Commerce and Events
Denton hosts busy commerce with new underwear lines and hats sale at McIlvaine Sisters while eggs fetch high prices from W J Blackiston. The community notes steamer schedules, road work, berry harvests, a church service, and upcoming encampment and flower gardens amid talk of automobiles and a new concrete bridge project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton
Caroline Berry
McIlvaine & Sister’ S
Greensboro
Milford-Philadelphia
McIlvaine & Sister
W. J. Blackiston
Brick Hotel
Concord
George A. Henry
Denton Auto Com
Marriage and society notes from Denton and area
A dispatch from Hagerstown reports the marriage of Eva Wyand of Keedysville and Frederick C. Noble formerly of Caroline county and now in Jacksonville Florida, officiated by Rev. J. P. Anthony. Cambridge News notes arrivals, health concerns, and social visits among local figures and families in Denton, Easton, Cambridge, and Philadelphia.
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Spedden
Hatmaker
Denton
Hagerstown
Washington
Eva Wyand
Keedysville
Washington County
Frederick C. Noble
Caroline County
Jacksonville
Florida
J. P. Anthony
Caleb Wyand
Preston
Emmett D. Spedden
J. Dawson Spedden
Margaret Hatmaker
Chambersburg
Jacob Hatmaker
Cambridge
Cambridge News
Albert G. Towers
Towers
Baltimore
Cambridge Society
Bradford Downes
Hastings
Jennie Lord
University Hospital
George
Thomas F. Smith
Charles Perry Wright
Federalsburg
George W. Dexter
Enoch George
Margaret Simons
Philadelphia
Hardcastle
Victor C. Hitchens
Laurel
Del
RN. Hitchens
George C. Skirven
Hughes Lumber and Coal Company
Carroll Wilson
Queen Anne's County
H. Wilson Saulsbury
New York
Caroline
Norman Clark
Elisha C. Hubbard
Easton
Additional Traders Licenses Issued by Circuit Clerk Office
A list of names and amounts shows various individuals and firms receiving additional traders licenses in Denton Federalsburg Ridgely Smithville and other towns. The clerk announces next Tuesday as the final day to issue licenses for a full year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Everngam
Denton
C. I. Jarman
Greensboro
N. R. Poole & Bro
Federalsburg
W.C. Pastorfield
Smith & Walls
W. J. Murphy
Goldsboro
J. E. Whaley
Preston
T.w.redman & Son
American Cor
W. J. Blackiston
Wm. c. Meade
Ridgely
Samuel Anthony
Piney
Sam's Lewis
D. C. Greenlee
C. N. Coulborn
Anthony C. LE. Butler
W.S. Noble & Co
B. M. Connolly
Grove
W. A. Cooper
F. J. Wright
Sincere thanks for kindness during illness and death
We extend heartfelt appreciation for the many kind words deeds and support shown during the illness and death of our husband and father. Your sympathy and prayers brought comfort to our family in this difficult time.
Travel Talk of Col and Mrs Sisk to Europe
Col and Mrs Albert W Sisk of Preston sail from New York aboard the Barbarossa to Gibraltar and Naples. They plan Florence Rome Venice Switzerland Bavaria Oberammergau Passion Play and Heidelberg then Cologne Brussels and Paris, spending about two months away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert W. Sisk
Preston
New York
Gibraltar
Naples
Florence
Rome
Venice
Switzerland
Bavaria
Oberjamergau
Germany
University City of
Heidelberg
Rhine
Cologne
Brussels
Paris
England
Avon
Shakespeare
Col
Sisk
Theodore Schulk
Smithson
Otto Quidas
Baltimore
Quidas
Mary Reynolds
Clara Todd
Willie Noble
Howard Andrew
Ralph Hughey
Dennis Werner
Somerset County
Charles R. Krieger
Poplar Neck
Clarence C. Cole
Edwin Holt
Roanoke
Emily Willis
Georgetown
Susie Patton
M. E. Church
Burrsville Community Notes Show Debates and Visits
Burrsville residents attend a Thursday May evening program featuring a debate on discovering America and printing press invention. Rev J T Bailey spoke. Several visitors from New Jersey and Philadelphia stay with local families as Epworth League meets. Dr J A Miles plans Cordova practice with Dr Rose. Subscribe for the Jovian and get all 9 Bounty Baw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burrsville
Darrah
America
J. T. Bailey
Eva Thawley
RK. C. Garrett
Hadden Heights
N. J
Fred Hopkins
Frederica
Coursey Hammond
Harrington
Epworth League
BR. H. Dill
Fred Bailey
Frank Booth
Tuckahoe Neck
John Lister
Hillsboro
Tilghman Harvey
Saulsbury
Greensboro News Letter Bright Strawberry Prospects Nearby
This week marks peak strawberry season with heavy shipments and high early prices easing as the supply grows. pea canneries start next week Roe Brothers cannery to begin Friday with full pea packing by mid next week. State road graded cement bridge being finished. twelve teams move about 200 tons of stone daily.
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Roe Brothers
Greensboro
Methodist Protestant Church
C. R. Strausburg
Effa Plummer
University Hospital
Baltimore
Fred R. Malone
Alfred Kemp
Trappe
Mozart Hall
J. P. Otis
W. B. Massey
Lena Lewis
Marydel
Orange
N. J
George W. Eliason
J. H. Bernard
Railroad Avenue
Walter D. Ross
Camden
C. R. Jefferies
Anthony
Howell Hanley
Hillsboro
Charles H. Pritchett
Adelphi Literary Society
A. S. Brown
Sylmar
M. J. Brown
Emma C. Hallett
Milford
Del
Mamie Rich
Centreville
Fred P. Roe
Annabel Moore
Bridge
Wm. Shackley
Strawberry prices boost Federalsburg harvest gains
Cold weather boosts strawberry market in Federalsburg with crates selling up to 3.84 for 32 quarts. Several refrigerated cars are shipped daily as berries attract pickers and drive local business, signaling a banner season and potential acreage rise. Six graduates from Federalsburg High School include J Russell Carroll and Naomi James Harper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federalsburg
Federalsburg Station
Federalsburg High School
M. E
E. H. Dashiell
Music Hall
Messrs
J. Russell Carroll
Naomi James Harper
Karl Harper Willis
Mattie Victoria Price
Flossie May Harper
Myrtle Rae Davis
Alice Hackett Williams
Jennie Elizabeth Price
Mary Elizabeth Davis
Ridgely News Notes on Local Residents and Transfers
Ridgely reports L D Latshaw, blind from a Florida shooting incident, arrived recently from Florida. Thomas Carmine visits his son Dr W M Carmine in McDaniel, while Reese Woolford a fireman on the Doc line has been transferred to Wi me.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ridgely
L. D. Latshaw
Mr. Latshaw
Florida
Thomas Carmine
W. M. Carmine
McDaniel
Reese Woolford
Minstrel Sam Johnson to perform at Holt's Hall Saturday
Hillaboro notes Prof Sam Johnson a famed minstrel and ventriloquist will entertain at Holt's Hall Saturday evening May 28 under St Pauls Guild patronage. Proceeds fund church rectory improvements. The page also records multiple local visits and small events from Queen Anne Queenstown and Easton including family movements and weekend gatherings. Wilbur Clark fractured arm recovering. other social visits and church activities noted.
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Sam Johnson
Holt’s Hall
St. Paul's Guild
John B. Taylor
Clark
Queenstown
Sylvester Denney
M. E. Church South
Sneed’s Hall
Queen Anne
Hillsboro Cornet Band
Wilbur P. Clark
Harry Clark
Ruth Hoffecker
M. E. Church
Holt's Hall
Frances Pennington
Eugene Pennington
Betterton
E. R. Pennington
Kennedyville
J. Heston Hicks
D. M. Lee
John E. Wothers
J. W. Wothers
Hickman
Fred Sylvester
State Highway Commission
William E. Sylvester
Howard Owens
J. Leslie Beauchamp
Alfred Smith
Edward B. Davis
Easton
L. P. Corkran
Philadelphia
Wilmington
Charles Birch
Joseph Taylor
Oxford
W. R. L. Thompson
The Griffith Family Bible Seeks Old Documents
A reader asks The Journal for help locating an old Griffith family Bible once owned by Alexander Griffith. The 1810 transcription lists Thomas Griffith born 1767 and his children, noting origins in Anne Arundel and an Eastern Shore estate at Blink Horn Creek. Any related family papers or tomb records are sought.
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Griffith
Alexander Griffith
Darcus Griffith
Abraham Griffith
Elizabeth Griffith
Henry Griffith
Mary Griffith
Thomas Griffith
Jonathan Griffith
Anne Arundel
Blinkhorn Creek
J. B. Grirriru
Easton, Md
Orphans Court Approves Accounts and Appointments
In the Orphans Court Judges Clark Liden and Fleetwood presided. James E Wright administrator of Fred F Wright presented sales account and it was approved. William T Carroll appointed executor of Emily J Carroll bond filed and approved. Creditors notice ordered. Joseph H Price and W K Miley appointed to appraise personal property. Zenie Wilson and Adam Hamilton administrators of John T Wilson presented real estate valuation return approved. Annie M Emerson will and codicil admitted to probate. Letters testamentary granted to P Roland Fisher. Clinton Cook and C Leslie Walls appointed to appraise personal property. I Alan Goldsborough attorney.
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Orphans’ Court
Clark, Liden
Fleetwood
James E. Wright
Fred F. Wright
Williem T. Carroll
Emily J. Carroll
Joseph H. Price
W. K. Miley
Zenie Wilson
Adam Hamilton
John T. Wilson
To Reimburse the Indians and the Cherokee Relief
A report on Guion Miller and J Edward Taylor of Easton as special Indian Commissioners beginning a six week tour to distribute a multi million settlement to the Cherokee in South Carolina Georgia and Florida. The article also contemplates church reflections on faith miracles including the feeding of the five thousand and the four thousand and the role of faith in healing and divine power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guion Miller
J. Edward Tylor
Easton
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Messrs
Mi and
Tyler
Cours
Son of God and the savior of the world in Christian vision
The passage presents Jesus as the Father appointed Saviour of the world and frames the church as the elect bride chosen by faith. It anticipates a new dispensation of knowledge offering opportunities to awaken the eyes to divine truths and to receive eternal life through Jesus Christ.
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God
Jesus
Jesus Christ
Our Lord
Strawberry Trade Thrives At Ridgeley In Peak Season
The Ridgely strawberry market remains busy with buyers including Armour and local growers Thomas A. Smith and Wm. Temple. 50 carloads shipped Monday to Thursday, prices from four to ten cents per quart, with good overall yield and heavy processing for Chicago. Freight issues prompt pursuit of late night trains for faster shipping. 15 refrigerated cars moved Tuesday, average price about seven cents per quart. Peaches show potential heavy yield at Hoffman orchards, eight thousand trees loaded and expect good prices due to cold-weather damage elsewhere.
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Caroline
Ridgely
Exchange
Armour
Chicago
Messrs
Thomas A. Smith
Thomas W. Jones
John T. Stevenson
H. J. Dasher
Wm. E. Temple
Caroline County
Public Service Commission
Federalsburg
Pennsylvania Railroad
Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
W. W.seward
Messrs. Hoffman
Automobile Regulations and New Registration Rules
The new automobile law takes effect July 1 requiring registration numbers for cars and operators licenses. Dealers may register cars or assign numbers for 24 dollars yearly, with limits on four numbers per vehicle, extra numbers 6 dollars. Licenses for operators cost 2 dollars with initial validity and exams possible. Speed limits vary by area with thresholds at 12, 18, or 25 miles per hour deemed excessive.
Rumbold and Wilson obituaries mark local losses
Obituary notes honor Mrs. Mary Frances Rumbold of Choptank who died May 17 after a five month illness aged 63. Survived by husband John and ten children, funeral held with Rev. C. N. Jones officiating at Belmont cemetery. Also reported are the death by suicide of Mrs. Frank Wilson near Federalsburg after long suffering, a Hickman farmer William H. Wathers, Colonel Edward Roberts of Easton, Samuel R. Buckley near Choptank, and Nathaniel Genn of Hartley, with brief burial details and survivorships. Levy Court meets to appoint clerks and counsel.
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Mary Frances Rumbold
John Rumbold
Choptank
Isaiah
Sarah Martha Andrew
Elizabeth M. Wright
Baltimore
Wade
Ruth
Lilly R
Edwin W
Rev
C. N. Jones
John
Isaiah Willis
Charles W. Butler
I. F. Dunham
Belmonte
Journal
Grove
Frank Wilson
Mr. Wilson
Chestnut Woods Church
L. B. Morgan
John Rosser
Federalsburg
Hickman
Ile
William H. Wothers
Ridgely
J. E Wathers
Hillsboro
B. L. Wothers
Burrsville
Mr. Sard
Elmer M. Waldron
F. H. Chambers
Elsie Buckley
J. KR. LeCompte
Dorchester County
Nathaniel Genn
Hartley
Caroline County
Greensboro Cemetery
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Tower Farm
A Albert G. ‘Towers
H.C. & Wy Kk. Wright
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McIlvaine
Truxon
Fred Ro Owens
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Cutom House
Albert G.towers
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Isaac Moore
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G. W. Drury
Luton Bridge Company
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Howard Mill
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Todd
West Denton
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Ieck
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Ja Hawk
Berkley Horsey
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J. E. W. Bryning
Dr. Rochester
P. O. Sparks
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China
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Public Service Court
I. L. Adams
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J. C. Collins
Emmett
J.I. Bailey
J. W. Price
W. P. Carroll
J. W. Satterfield
Ames
L. Butler
Edna Shipman
Henderson Martha
Wilbert Griffin
Maryland General Hospital
H. F. Silver
J. N. Dennison
Willard
Noble Pippin
R.H. Pippin
Lula Marvel
Nathan
Cordova
J. A. Miles
Chas. H. Rose
Greensboro News Letter
Hillaboro
Ons
Ales
Nasareth
S. E. Jester
Levy Court
Jarrell, Wright and Garey
Clinton Cook
Reuben Garey
Board of Control and Review
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William J. Rickards
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